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About the Information Program
The Information Program works to increase public access to knowledge, facilitate civil society communication, and protect civil liberties and the freedom to communicate in the digital environment.

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First-Round Shortlist for mySociety Central/Eastern European Proposals Announced
February 18, 2010
mySociety has announced a shortlist of projects being considered for funding through the call for online transparency and citizen engagement projects issued jointly with OSI's Information Program.

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Towards a Global Infrastructure For Sharing Learning Resources
February 2010
This document identifies best practices for publishers of open educational resources, with respect to aiding search and discovery of their publications.

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10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action
OSI-New York
March 1, 2010
slideshow AUDIO
Sam Gregory of WITNESS and other rights advocates discuss original and artful ways to capture attention and communicate a cause.

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Access to Knowledge
The Information Program supports four initiatives which enable access to knowledge in poorer countries: a project on the reform of intellectual property; the eIFL library consortium; the Open Access Initiative, and an East-East translation program.

Civil Society Communication
Civil Society Communication includes two initiatives: the first aims to enhance the information and communications capacity of key organizations and networks, the second to provide software tools to meet the special needs of these groups.

Open Information Policy
The Open Information Policy initiative aims to broaden communications access in the most disadvantaged countries and to protect the freedom to communicate in the digital environment.

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